#53238B#53238B

#53238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.161 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53238B
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 43.40, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 65.53, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0801 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.161 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8273, 4.9050, 24.9028)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53238B #5B8B23

analogous

#23278B #53238B #87238B

triadic

#53238B #8B5323 #238B53

tetradic

#53238B #8B2327 #5B8B23 #238B87

square

#53238B #8B2327 #5B8B23 #238B87

split-complementary

#53238B #8B8723 #278B23

monochromatic

#190A29 #36175A #53238B #702FBC #8F54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#53238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#53238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53238B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53238B	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.161 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ae',
    500: '#53238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53238b;
$custom-light: #8963ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38548,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53238B

secondary

#89B852

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53238B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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